Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-02
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.


At MarshalltoWn, Iowa, on the 23rd,
Peter Van Roukin, an old and wealthy
citizen and elder in the Presbyterian
Church, was swindled out Of $1,000 in cash,
by an ancient confidence gams. An
ostenslble land buyer, after looking at his
farm, induced Van Roukin to accompany
him to look over the neighbours land that
was for sale. On the road they met man
with card lottery game and Van Roulkin
was induced to try it. He drew $1,000 and
belng required to show up like amount,
borrowed $4,000 of the land buyer, and
drove back to town and got the balance,
all of which he placed in the land BUYERS
hands The S., 700 won was also put in land
buyers hands and the game proceeded.
This time 80, 600 being drawn by the latter,
desired to go to town for more, the land
buyer proposed to drive him, and the
scheme was quickly executed, the two
sharpers driving rapidly Off with Wants
$4,000 leaving him afoot three miles from
town. Coming in the crooks changed dis
ago Van Roukin was confidenced out of
81, 200 by an alleged relative Of Dr. Glyck.
Judge Aaron Goodrich, died at St.
Paul, Mimi, after a long illness, on the Oath
His burial takes place at Goodrich, Mich.
He was born in Sempron1us, Cayuga county
n. Y, July 6, 1907. In 1915 his parents
moved to Western New York. and the son
spent his minority on the farm, receiving his
education partly in district schools but
chiefly at home, by the aid of his father,
who was thorough scholar. He then read
law while, moved to Tennessee, and COM
menced practice in Stewart county, of that
state In 1S474S he was member of the
state legislature of Tennessee the only
tad liza,
and he was pronounced an active and eff
Gent member Of that body. In the spring
OF 1849 he was appointed to the supreme
bench Of Minnesota Territory, arriving in
the territory in May of that year and serv-
ing on the supreme bench until Nov. 13,
1851. In March, 1861, he was appointed by
PRESIDENT Lincoln secretary Of legation at
BRUSSELS, and served In that capacity a lit
tie over eight years. Here he had ample op-
portunity for the indulgence of his literary
and antiquarian tastes, and among other
things gathered much material for a work
published III 1S74-.A History Of the Char
acter and Achievements of the So-Called
Christopher Columbus. q For many years
Judge Goodrich was prominent iu legal and
political circles in ST. Paul.
1t is now estimated that the loss re-
sulting from the destruction of the city of
Marshfeld, Wis, viii not be less than
S3,OOO,OOO and may be nearly S., SOC, 00O The
insurance may reach $30,0UO. The burned
district embraces eight blocks. A conductor
on the Wisconsin Central who passed
through the morning after the fire said
that the only thing to be seen at Marshfeld
from where the depot used to stand was
one house and an expanse of blackened
ruins, with here and there remnants of q
smokestack and some warped and twisted
machinery to show where mill had stood.
He describes the scene as one of awful
desolation, hardly relieved by the presence
Of human beings, as everybody had left or
was leaving as fast as possible. An organ
lied effort has been instituted to assist the
stricken people. $1,000 in money and pro-
visions has been donated by Oshkosh. The
upham saw mills are to be rebuilt
The burning Of the Laird-N Norton saw
mill at Winona, MINI, on the Oath, ruined
years business OF the volume of three
fourths of million dollars The Laird
Norton company was organized In the
hfties, and the saw mill was built in 1855